Author Archives: nigepalphi
Open Access and the African Journal Partnership Project
Neil Pakenham -Walsh of HIFA has written : ” For some time now I have been applauding on HIFA the fact that so many medical journals published in Africa are now available open access. This really is a remarkable shift … Continue reading
Open Repository
As of 28th July 2016 Open Repository has been acquired from BioMed Central / Springer-Nature by Atmire NV, a leading open access repository specialist headquartered in Belgium and the USA. Nigel Palmer … Continue reading
Undertaking an Information Needs Assessment- a Guide
This guide was produced by the UK Health Forum, Research and Information Services Team with support from Public Health England. Public Health practitioners require data on the information channels used by the population, which can be difficult to find. Knowledge … Continue reading
Guide to Training Resources
This guide to training resources in health care, social work, medicine and related fields on the internet ( free or low cost ) is produced annually by the American International Health Alliance and compiled by Irina Ibraghimova, Library and Information … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Information resources
Tagged E-Resources, Evidence based health care, training
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BMA Information Fund 2016: Now Accepting Applications
The BMA ( British Medical Association ) Information Fund 2016 is now open for applications until 5pm on Thursday 8 September 2016 ( UK time ) or until the cap of 100 applications has been reached. The Information Fund provides … Continue reading
Posted in Grants, Health, Information resources
Tagged Awards, BMA, community health information, developing countries
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OPT-IN : Overseas Partnering and Training Initiative
This charity was founded in 2000 and works from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to deliver training with partner hospitals in low income countries which will ” result in the sustained development in the health care services within these … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Partnerships
Tagged developing countries, health partnerships, health services, training
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Diversity in Practice-Congress 12-16 June, 2017
The International Congress of Medical Librarianship and the European Association for Health Information and Libraries Workshop will be held in Dublin next year. The call for papers is now open: Diversity in Practice: integrating, inspiring and innovative. Sub themes are … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference, diversity, EAHIL, Librarian roles
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Evaluating the Impact of Healthcare Information
HIFA ( Healthcare Information for All ) have just announced their new project: Evaluating the Impact of Healthcare Information. Evaluating the impact of healthcare information activities (organisations, services, products, publications ) is challenging but necessary to: -identify what works and … Continue reading
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Tagged evaluation, Evidence based health care, HIFA, Research
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FutureLearn
FutureLearn is a MOOC ( Massive Open Online Course ). It is a company wholly owned by the Open University in the UK. It contains hundreds of free online courses from top universities and specialist organisations, including several on health … Continue reading
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Tagged E-Resources, online courses, Open University
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BMJ launches Research to Publication
A new British Medical Journal ( BMJ ) programme has been launched which aims to build capabilities for trustworthy, publishable and usable health research. See the website. This is a comprehensive e-learning programme focused on developing skills in clinical and … Continue reading
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Tagged BMJ, E-Resources, Research, scholarly publishing
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Health Information Updates to and from Africa 